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Living inside an authentic 'Painted Lady'
Terry Sciubba sells and dwells Victorian - the real
thing.
Sciubba owns Sherlock Homes, a reel estate agency in
the Village of Sea Cliff, where 1880s-era Victorians
abound. She also lives in "the lavender house
on Eighth Avenue" in
the village - a Victorian, of course.
"It's the feel when you walk in," Sciubba
said. "The house has a different scent to it.
They can build new stuff, but it just doesn't have
that feel. There's the history, the charm, the original
wavyglass window panes."
Sciubba says she can sell a stately Victorian - when
one becomes available - for more than $1 million. But
she also knows when to steer a prospective buyer away
from one of the venerable "Painted Ladies," as
the most colorful of these homesteads are called.
"Some people say they want an old Victorian, and
I show them one and they say, "Everything is too old,"
Sciubba said.
Buying a century-old home means learning to live with "the
quirks." Translation: few closets (Victorians
had fewer clothes and stored most of them in chests);
small rooms; a lack of ductwork (needed for airconditioning);
heat pipes placed on exterior walls (they used fireplaces
and coal stoves); a dearth of electrical outlets; floors
that creak, and curtains that sway when the wind rips
through those wavyglass window panes.
"It takes a true Victorianlover to love it," Sciubba
said. And she's one of them.
Nothing matches the history and charm of a true Victorian.
Ellen Mitchell - Newsday (Friday, 14 January
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